Artistic Practice: Eko Resonance (Eco Resonance, eko resonanssi) in the Future
A while back, I began developing my audio-based method for foresight. Resonance is at the heart of this artistic practice as an acoustic phenomenon and an existential, affective, and formative principle.
Eko Resonance is a concept I use in artistic and futures-oriented practices to describe the co-vibration between ecological systems, human experience, and cultural expression. It refers to a sensitivity to the frequencies—both literal and symbolic—where humans and the natural world interact in a balanced and life-affirming way.
The concept integrates systems thinking, ecological awareness, and artistic expression, particularly through sound art and auditory foresight. Eko Resonance can serve as a methodological approach in speculative design, future-oriented art, or sustainability-driven creative practices. It offers a way to sense, imagine, and express futures in harmony with nature.
Eko Resonance is co-created futures through sound. Eko Resonance is ecological attunement through sound, such as my future forest audio installation Soiva Tuleva (2024)
My practice examines future possibilities from the perspective of sound, senses, and artifacts: How do futures sound? What do they feel like? And how can they be built in the form of prototypes?
The goal is to evoke emotions, memories, and different associations about the possibilities of the future. What is the resonance of the unborn world?
Future prototypes – speculative materiality
A future prototype is the concrete output of this practice: a model of a future object. This affective and aesthetic artifact brings visible and audible resonance of some possible future.
It can be:
It is a sound work in which the future landscape tunes into the listener. Such is the case, for example, with my scenario sound work Soiva Tuleva - a future forest (2024)
An object that “resonates” with the user’s emotions or environment. Such is the case, for example, with the alarm bells that I made for my Soiva Tuleva installation.
An installation that invites experiential future thinking. Such as the Soiva Tuleva installation.
Mindfullness through media art
I have developed a method for practicing mindfulness through media art. It is both a practical and speculative approach that combines sensory experience and reflective inquiry. Through this method, media art becomes a space for cultivating presence while opening new ways of imagining and relating to the future.
Working with audiovisual elements, the practice invites participants to slow down, attune their perception, and engage with subtle shifts in awareness. It functions as both a sensory experience and an intellectual stimulus, encouraging new forms of future-oriented thinking and creative expression. In doing so, it opens pathways toward multisensory and multidimensional futures.
Through this practice, the participant:
Tunes into alternative worldviews
Receives sensory-based impulses
Encounters unexpected insights or effects
Builds a resonant relationship with the future
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